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Kravgi gynaikon (1978)
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August 1978 (USA) moreGenre:
DramaAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
An actress prepares to perform Medea... moreCast
(Credited cast)| Melina Mercouri | ... | Maya / Medea | |
| Ellen Burstyn | ... | Brenda Collins | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Costas Arzoglou | ... | Bible Student | |
| Savvas Axiotis | ... | Soundman | |
| Katerina Bourlou | |||
| Despo Diamantidou | ... | Maria | |
| Irene Emirza | ... | Diana | |
| Andreas Filippides | ... | Stathis | |
| Foteini Filosofou | |||
| Rea Fortouna | |||
| Nikos Galiatsos | ... | Lighting Man | |
| Eleni Georgiadou | |||
| Faidon Georgitsis | ... | Ronny | |
| Freddie Germanos | ... | Editor | |
| Stella Geromitsou | |||
| Vicky Grammatika | |||
| Anthi Kariofylli | |||
| Manos Katrakis | ... | Kreon | |
| Aleka Katselli | |||
| Marianna Koutalou | |||
| Margarita Labrinou | (as Rita Labrinou) | ||
| Mina Negreponti | |||
| Alexandra Pantelaki | |||
| Olympia Papadouka | ... | Attendant | |
| Panos Papaioannou | ... | Manos | |
| Dimitris Papamichael | ... | Dimitris / Jason | |
| Sofia Sfyroera | |||
| Alexis Solomos | |||
| Anna Thomaidou | ... | Emma | |
| Olybia Tolika | |||
| Natassa Tsakarisianou | |||
| Mairi Tsinari | |||
| Litsa Vaidou | |||
| Betty Valassi | ... | Margaret | |
| Stefanos Vlachos | ... | Shopkeeper | |
| Giannis Voglis | ... | Edward | |
| Andréas Voutsinas | ... | Kostas | |
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Germany:106 min | USA:110 min | Argentina:109 minColor:
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Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime. The actress's jail cell meetings with the murderess lead up to the movie's climax -- a gripping, parallel sequence of Maya in rehearsal/performance of the original text in Greek and Brenda's emotional reliving of the horrific night she murdered her babies. This film brings to life the woman-scorned essence and bloody passion at the heart of Medea, awaking a 2,500 year-old classic of dramatic literature.